child ' s play " , and is the only one of the single ' s b @ - @ sides that was never played live . " silver and gold " was written in support of the artists united against apartheid project , which protested the south african apartheid . in 1985 , bono participated in steven van za ##ndt ' s anti @ - @ apartheid sun city project and spent time with keith richards and mick jagger of the rolling stones . when richards and jagger played blues , bono was embarrassed by his lack of familiarity with the genre , as most of u2 ' s musical knowledge began with punk rock in their youth in the mid @ - @ 1970s . bono
child's play ", and is the only one of the single's b @ - @ sides that was never played live. " silver and gold " was written in support of the artists united against apartheid project, which protested the south african apartheid. in 1985, bono participated in steven van zandt's anti @ - @ apartheid sun city project and spent time with keith richards and mick jagger of the rolling stones. when richards and jagger played blues, bono was embarrassed by his lack of familiarity with the genre, as most of u2's musical knowledge began with punk rock in their youth in the mid @ - @ 1970s. bono